Gael Rosewood

Enhancing Integration: Practical Tools for the Modern SI Practitioner

Integration is the heart of our work — and it can take many forms. As practitioners, we track how each session contributes to whole-body change, not just through structural techniques, but also through how we engage clients in the process.
When sessions are truly collaborative, integration deepens. The body — and the embodied BEING — craves good information. Sometimes, a client’s habitual patterns are unknowingly reinforcing the issue they’re trying to solve. Other times, a simple self-care practice or clear explanation of joint mechanics brings reassurance, clarity, and lasting change. Occasionally, a moment of trauma resolution arises spontaneously.
Meeting clients at the right level — structural, functional, emotional, or educational — is a skill that sets our work apart.

What You’ll Learn in This One-Day Class

We’ll explore simple, effective tools you can use immediately to enhance integration and client engagement:

• Manual Integration Assessments
  Targeted techniques for tracking and guiding whole-body change on the table

• Movement Participation
  How to engage clients in cooperative movement during manual manipulation — expanding on Ida Rolf’s original approach.

• Functional Education
  Clear, simple ways to teach clients better patterns and habits they can apply daily.

• Short Take-Home Practices
  A few 10-minute exercises to calm the nervous system and support joint mechanics between sessions.

Why it matters

When clients actively participate in their own process of seeking change, results improve — and so does your satisfaction as a practitioner. Whether through touch, language, or movement, you’ll gain tools to create more meaningful and lasting integration in every session.